tidak Le ACACIA DENTIFERA. 
. ' ~ TOOTHED ACACIA. 
Natural division 
{ to which \ 
this Plant belongs. 
CALYCIFLORE, cae divisions POLYGAMIA, 
OF which MONCCIA, 
DECANDOLLE, this Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS. 
No. 179. 
GENUS: Acacia. Wirtprenow. Fores hermaphroditi vel abortu sepius 
y' Catyx quadri-vel quinque-fidus. “Cororza petalis quatuor vel 
quinque liberis vel plus minusve coalitis, gativations valvyata. Sramina indefi- 
nita, numerosa, libera. ANnTHER# biloculares, polline granuloso. Ovarium 
oblongum, membranaceum coriaceum vel gees m, pulpo destitutum, bivalya- 
tim dehiscens. Arsores fruticesve. Fortra bipinnata vel petiolo seared 
simplicia. Fores in icv eae vel até Spa, sessilia, szepissim 
SPECIES. Acacta pENTIF Ramis teretiusculis vel su aa 
striatis glabils; -stipalis junioribus ‘setaceis “demam indurato. persistentibus 
acutis 
mucrone recto eglandulosis in po ciliatis adultis glabris, florum eapitulis 
globosis, pedunculis axillaribus monocephalis solitariis binisve vel in racemis 
axillaribus aphyllis dispositis, aie 5-partito laciniis.subulatis apicem versus 
subdilatatis, corolla 5-fida. 
CuaracTer oF THE Genus, Acacia. Fiowers hermaphrodite, 
or more frequently polygamous. Catyx four or five cleft. Prraxs 
four or five, either entirely free or more or less combined into a mono- 
petalous corolla, valvate in the bud. StamMENs numerous, indefinite, 
free. ANTHERS two-celled, the pollen consisting of a number of small 
grains, Ovary with several ovules. Sryte filiform, with a terminal 
stigma. Pop linear or oblong, membranous, leathery, or woody, 
without any pulp, opening in two valves. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, ACACIA DENTIFERA. STEM erect, 
shrubby. BrancueEs smooth, nearly cylindrical, or angled by the 
decurrent stipules. Svipunes, when young, fine and thread-like, 
nearly two lines long, as they break off their base remains, thickening 
and hardening in the form of a double tooth at the base of the leaves. 
Leaves phyllodineous, that is, reduced to phyllodia or leaf-like ex- 
panded petioles, vertical, ascending, three to five inches long, linear, 
about two lines in their greatest breadth, ending in a straight point, 
somewhat curved in their length and slightly narrowed at the base, 
with one prominent longitudinal nerve, no lateral glands, the lateral 
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